以宗法关系和宗法制度为社会基础、以人的自然关系为理论起点,儒家十分重视“家”的作用和地位。《大学》“古之欲明明德于天下者,先治其国;欲治其国者,先齐其家;欲齐其家者,先修其身。”的“修齐治平”思想,十分典型地表明了儒家的这样一种观念: Taking the patriarchal clan system and the patriarchal clan system as the social basis and the man’s natural relations as the theoretical starting point, the Confucianists attach great importance to the role and status of the “home”. “University” “For the sake of the Ming Dynasty in the world, first rule the country; to rule their country, first Qi their home; ”Thought, very typical of Confucianism, shows such a concept: